Kristina Kane

About Kristina Kane

Operations Leader with skills in increasing process efficiencies and providing smart solutions to achieve department and company goals. Strong team leader that values mentorship and believes in providing talent with opportunities to grow professionally. 15+ years of proven ability to succeed in both traditional and digital/social agency environments, as well as client-side global product team structures.

Experience

1. VP, Creative Operations

   Dentsu Creative

   Dec 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Established and led an internal resourcing program in collaboration with Executive Partners, Creative Directors, and Innovation and Production Leaders, effectively allocating resources and addressing bandwidth constraints in advance.• Implemented robust operational and financial reporting procedures to track and communicate the status of departmental workflows and budgets to stakeholders.• Successfully streamlined operations, resulting in an increase in departmental efficiency.• Worked directly with COO to implement roadmaps for merging eight agencies into one, including strategic restructuring initiatives, change management and process development and rollout.• Worked closely with finance and client partners to ensure scoping was accurate and accounted for resourcing and skillset considerations.• Partnered with Talent Acquisition and HR team to hire permanent and freelance staff, as well as provide career growth opportunities for internal staff.• Monitored and reported to financial stakeholders on resource utilization, scope pacing and client billability.• Grew Resource Management team from three to 20 members of staff and actively coached and mentored direct reports.

Education

• Boston University

  Bachelor, Advertising Communications

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Interactive Marketing
• Integrated Marketing
• Interactive Advertising
• Digital Media
• Digital Production
• Digital Strategy
• Digital Marketing
• Online Advertising